WINC (AM)
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WINC is a News
News Radio
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/Talk
Talk radio
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/Sports
Sports radio
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 formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
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 radio station
Radio station
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 licensed to Winchester, Virginia
Winchester, Virginia
Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

, serving Winchester
Winchester, Virginia
Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

 and Frederick County, Virginia
Frederick County, Virginia
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. WINC is owned and operated by Centennial Broadcasting.
Richard F. Lewis, Jr. began the operation in 1939 when he, as a California resident, answered an advertisement in "Broadcasting Magazine", in which the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce requested a radio station operator for the community. He formed the Fredericksburg Broadcasting Corporation, and founded station WFVA.

Two years later, Mr.
 
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